The Sun. — London, England, 1826-05-11 00:00:00

LITERARY FUND. The Anniversary (37th) of the Literary Fund Society was Dead yeiteiAl at the Freemasons' Tavern; his Grace the Duke of Sumers , ,q, , the president, in the Chair, supported by. Lord Glen. orehy, Sit/Williatn Clayton, Sir John Sir John burue, Mr., Thomas Moore,, and several other persons of diatine , ass. " Non unbis, Dornine," having been sung in the usual excel lent, style:: by Messrs. Atkin*, •Colpeper, and Brolulhuret, and Masters Bayley and Nichols;' Tice Citaiectix propocel the " Health of the King ; " drank with three " God save the Next proposed the! "f Health of the Duki-of - York, r , and the Army ;" drank. Witle . ,threo times three.—Song, ' Hark, hark ! the Lark,. &c. Tbinext toast was, " the Duke of Clarence, and the Navy ;" draulr'ilio With all the honours.—Song, " Rule Ini tanni4."--'-" The Heath of the 'Nike of Somerset" being given, with high tommendationslif the support which he , had given to the Inatitation, was drank with , ell the honours. The Duke of Sosexasirr, jtt z few words, returned thanks, and stated, that he was proud to pay every attention in his power to an lnatitutioq of so very useful a, nature as this, whieh had derived its great success from the exertions of many other' Men, who foul de sioted much of their means iind'of their valuable time and talents to its support.--Song, " All a sheep,shenring." The Cnetectax then proposed the " . ltealtlt of the Vice-Pre sidents " which was received with all the usual honour*. Sir Wii.Liact CLAYTON returned thanks in his own name, and the navies of the other Vice-Prgilgriii. The `'ice-Presidents had certainly promoted the interests of the Institution to the ut most of their power. He hoped • the Viets , Presidents would con tinue to do so, and m long as he lived he could answer P: No. I. It was quite unnecessary for him to dwell upon the_ great success which had attended this Society under the' patronage of Ma jesty, or upon the great good which theldstftlitioh 'Was calefilated to do, hail„ "had done. proposed the.".lieulth of'olr. , nob house, !11,31..t sChuirurau of the Committee.", This Was 'drank with all th.e honours. The Rey.. ,Dr. YAM, aTle of the Treasurers, stated that he had aliote frena, Mr. Ilublitise, mentionin that he (Mr. IL) was unable to - LIEN:id front 'indisposition. lie their gave a brief acs count of the Fonda of the Institution, as follows ABSTRACT . of the CASH 'ACCOVN"f, audited according to the Charter: Presented to .the General 'Meeting, March S. 1828., • Want* in the Treusureet hands on the Slat Dec. 1824: At Messra. it autotne and Cu. - £ll6 13 3 )1144 Co. - 105 8 4 SubJcriptioL, dandy on Stock, &c. 222 1 7 - 1,839 3 0 Paid by order of th?Cnnunitiee, upon applications for relief, including purchase of Stock and inci dental expen c tw 4, 7 '1,668 9 6 Balance in Treasurer's hands Slat Dec. 1825 - an 15 1 'The House ,Fund is now incorporated with the preceding Ge neral Accounts of the Society. The Permanent Fund consists at present of per Cent. Consols ..£18,638 4 2 The Stock of the Newton Property, now avail. able to' the Society, formerly consisting of three Accounts, has been transferred to one Account, attiounting, in the Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities, to . Three per Cent. Reduced (Dividend not yet payable to the Soidety) - 1,800 '0 0 The Newton Estate produces annually 60 0, 0 So that the Society bad in the whole about 20,0001. in the per Ceptto, 1910 of the 1,8881: which he bad mentioned, 57 eases luipletsk relieved, many of which were very interesting, and which would uve been communicated to the meeting, were it net for ehilitacteriitie of the Institution which prevented the disclosure Orthe names of those who were relieved.—(Applause.) He thintstateth.,that the usual donation.of 2101. had been sent by his Majestv, ; (4ppituse)—sSeveral other donation' of 20 and JO guiferf, from Verunts individuals, were also mentioned. Mr, I. 4 ,lrxsensit4) recited the following address in praise of the lustitutibn, which Was received with great applause Whin barbarous Nations sack'd'lmperial Home; And the World's Mistress yielded to her doom, Oblivionn'er that land her poppiLet Hung, Where Vatriot gages taught, and Poets sung! Science dePlor'd her Tot.t.ir's prostrate bust, Add Genius droped a tear on Matto's dust ! Etiropeli , fitee a gloomy darkness spread, And Learning deep in Cloisters vein' her head. A pothin age no Patrons could afford, piec% every. Man was Vassal, or was LOrd; , ree,wag the temper, barren was the wind, Anti War'the only business of mankind: 'Altleo rose to foster every art, That clams the fancy, or delights the heart ! (ti, hill,' "ilk Muse was eager to attend, Anti Learning found a Patron, and a Friend : gO when stern Winter reigns, all Nature sighs, The ,cheerful green of vegetation dies ; One dreary waste the eyes of men behold, Deluged with ruin, or Masted with the cold; _ But when the glorious Sun ralumes the sphere, The trees bud forth, the tender plants appear, Nature no longer dreads the Winter's storm, Olieerld'hf the rays that ripen while they want.' Enlighten'd Science soon her radiance bore From fair Italia to our Northern shore, Where Genius breathed his soul in SHAEXPICAReII page, . And Mwron shone the Homes of his age! Yet in this soil, where all the Virtues grow, And ere the Poor can ask, the Rich bestoti— Authors have often mourned their hapless lot, Their works remembered—but themselves forgot! (Jo, and explore the Prison's gloomy eel!, ...Where pelts Disease, and hopeless Misery dwell, you find the Man of Letters there,. .Torpid with grief, or frantic front despair ! Mudd his children meet his ghastly eye, . Asking that broad he has not to supply; While,dike 1114 bending to the shower, ' The cherished iartner of his happier hoar, With all a wife 's and mother's cares oppresiml, Lana her pale cheek upon her husband's brew. Can Fancy charm the Poet's leveed brain, When Thought servos only to engender pain? Can Passion animate his tortured mind, 6,3157 15 10 sf} - . Lost to himself! abandoned by mankind ! ' ' • ' • • Some have advanced opinions which would dry The source of all your generous sympathy i That I.earning wants no Patron' to aucceed, ' ` And works of polo always find their weed--- Delusive thought i-esunworthy liberal met,- IM MILTON reap the harvest of hit pen -,,, ~ ~ '.. .; 104 smiting comfort blest poor Orwai s a days,: „ ~:• . ~ Or Wealth reward the loyal flunitiel layliir ', .. His Kix°, who humour loved, and relithed , w44 : -, With pleasure quoted every line he writ; And While gay Courtiers filled the sparkling glass,, - ~, ; Still *as their mirth the wit of Ilifinalutii , ! :- Ail °Wised big pen had served the Royal Cause, WffeAthe'sWird failed to vindicate the laws ; ' Iroit'litrriAlt found, too oft the Poet's lot, Life t i tit reinembered but hie worth forgot ! And while Paste culled a chaplet for hit head, Hie country's Gratitude denied him bread ! Such are the objects whom we wish to save Prom Misery's last retreat—a timeless grave : fa this pod cause the Itoyal bounty flows Its streams perennial, to assuage their woes; Hein Truth and Justice prompt the Aline to bring Viable to our PATNON, homage to our KING ! • 'Wlmee feeling heart has ever wished to illy ' The silent teat that dims iniefortune's eye ; • '' Who more there share* his poorest sohjeet'a Krig; And, result, wherever want prevails, relief!. ' - ' '" Who, with a polished two, aid liberal hand, ' ' ' ' • Spreads wide improvements through liis, native land, And, like Anattsrus, who embellished Rome; • , Ssiikes.,Grcipiari arts his denizens at home 1 . 97lipi-ininnuitli buildings met the public'ies; '' • ' ; '-' . Loop Anacleto litretta, and Palaces arise; j il i firb A inspp will Sooti'llebold, with consciouii'pridi,' i ' 1 " --- ,' l -; ; L i',Viliens rising by his aide ! , ' , , . ~..- ' , not arot Per Sciences despyr, . • . '. 2 1 . ,i - O' siii t trins fifokAucii'mekes their tunic hiss .sire ; t.. 7 11 - O w , ii 4 tita O l ekleefed; and alone, '' ' WI 'I, P TitON on the Throne 1 ~:7 4Si c t , ; (111 1 f ; s! f ' 'At I an d h 14 a `f I i ,''' us.:,.—li.res,,,-onourei., __is _For wag 4mrttr i '' ' ''. lii .vtir'ifolisailinif sad in Peilife revered. , his, g o vvray, also, highly praised the Ins t it ut i on , whi c h. "41116" all c'tl etki. was tiAcroughir competent for its purposes. Ii penetrated into the. darkest places, and lighted up the fire of genius, when on the point of being extinguished by despair. Sir. JOHN, MaLcoLlt stated, that he had the permission of the Noble Chairman to propose a toast. They had all heard' Of the great _progress which had been made by the Institution, that administered relief in the delicate manner in which genius ought to be relieved. No Institution could be more calcedated to room all the generous and benevolent feelings of our nature, and to allay all. angry passions. It was another characteristic pf the Institution, that it often afforded relief to those who had thenieelves eoutribpted to its funds iu their more prosperous days, , This was a peculiar feature of this Institution ; and it was - LIN) it remarkable feature in it, that its applause and admirationP might be 'valuable to genius, when its inoney wrs not. wanted, Ile t►lluded to one , now present among them, wl►om he , had not the honour perSonally'to knOW, but *hose fa►ue was well known all,over the world. He now claimed the liberty to pity his tribute of adiniration,to-the individual in goes tior ; Ibr, ulthowrli he (Sir J. M.): hail vent a gre:4 part of his life in distauteliMes,,hi; fame had reached him ; and the merit of one of his works (continued Sir J. M.) I am myself well able to appreciat-I mean Lallah Roohh.—(great applause)—in which the author has combined the truth of the historian with the ge uhia of the poet, and the vigorous classical taste'd his own coun try with the fervid imagination of the east. I propose " The Health of Mr. Thomas Moore ;" this was received with all the honours. Mr. MooKE—I feel highly flattered by the, compliment now paid me, although there are others who might more justly have laid claim to it-. 4 allude particularly to the translator of Oberon, whose genius instructed, enlightened, and delighted the world, long before a lay of mine appeared before the publie. I cannot, however, but feel myself highly honoured by the manner in which my health has been received in such sr, assembly So the present. The soldier is delighted with the applause of his companions in anus; the sailor loves to hear the praises of those who have ericoun tered the perils of the deep, and of naval warfare ; so 1 cannot help feeling somewhat like a' similar pleasure from the approhntitin' of those who haVelahoured With me in the same field. This is the highest honour which they can offer or I can reeeive , ---(Applause.) AS to the Ben; Baronet who has proposed my health in so flatter lag and eloquent a Manner, I feel that much of what he has said in. my praise may arise from the influence of the sparkling' glass which has been circulating among us (a latigh). I do not by any means say that we have, yet reached the state of double vision (a laugh), but it is well knowu, that objects seen through a glass ap pear magnified, and of a higher elevation. There is an anecdote in the history of literature, not unconnected with this topic. When the art of printing was first introduced, the types with which the first works were printed, were 'taken down and converted into drinking cups, to celebrate the glory of the invention.— To be sure, there have been other literary glasses, not quite so poetical; for it has been said, that us the war riors of the North drank their . mead, in the hall of Odin, out of the skulls of those whom they bad slain inbattle4-so booksellers drank their wine out of the skulls of author* (laug,htet . and applause). But differeat times .haVe now arrived ; for authors have got their share of the aurum potabile, and book , sellers have got rather the worst of it. There is one peculiarity attendant upon genius, which is well worth mentioning, with re ference to the great objects of this admirable Institution. Men of genius, like the precious perfumes of the East, are exceedingly liable to exhaustion ; and the period often conies when nothing of it remains but its sensibility ; and the life which long gave light to the , world, sometimes terminates in becoming a buideit to itself.--(Great applause.)—When we add to that the image of Poverty—when we consider, the situation of that man of genius, who in his declining years and exhausted resources, sees nothing before him but indigence; it Is then that we can only esti mate the value of this Institution, which stretches out its friendly aid to save him_froin the dire calamity.—(Applause.)— This is a consideration which ought. to have its due effect up on the minds of the: . easy and opulent, who may themselves be men of genius; butlthere 'limy be others who may have no property ,except that little light Uf• talent which God ban been pleased to bestow upon and the person who sow midi-mks you speaks the more feelingly,..beeanse be, cannot he sure that th e fate of genius, which he haS':jUstAleen.depieting, may not, one day, be his own.--(lmmense apPliniie.) Sir Jouw MAX.COLM adverted to the importance of acquiring accurate knowledge - respecting the population of. :our eastern do minions, and proposed drink ." Prosperity to the Asiatic Su.. eiety." The , toast was received with applause. About 10 o'clo the Ville of Soinerset retired, and Sir John Malcolm having taken the Chair, the conviviality of the Meeting was kept up for sonie time longer. gONEY MARKET. (FROM VIZ TIMES. ) The intelligence received yesterday from the manufacturing districts was on the whole unfavourable, though in some places there are observed symptoms of returning activity. In Maccles field and its vicinity the distress appears to have reached a most alarming height. Is Congleton, and within a mile and a half of that town, it is said that 28 silk-factories are closed, and that the rest are only working two or three days a-week. The bankers in Macclesfield, it is said, thad refused any further advances on the poor-rate, and the overseers in consequence had been compel led on one'occasion to keep the poor people who applied for re lief detained in the town-hall, they'sent to collect the rates front the few individuals who were still able to pay them. Those rates, though revently, doubled, were insufficient, and the sums raised by private subscription were exhausted. This continuance of distress is producing its natural effect in rendering italmost im possible to collect rents of any description, and in lessening the Government revenue derived from consumption, the effect of Which will no doubt be apparent at the period when the quarterly itecounts are made up. In the Stock Exchange, however, these gloomy accounts Miele uo impression, but a disposition to improvement was, on the eon irary, observed in every description of security. The state of the ,circulation, especially now it is understood that the small notes Are not to be withdrawn in Scotland, is considered by some of the leading stockholders a power in favour of the funds more than *uflicient to counteract the untoward circumstances that exist both Of a political and financial nature. Trade, they say, is reduced in extent, or carried on with one-third of the capital formerly 'ieqeisite ; and this, combined with the want of confidence in pri iate credit, leaves large capitals unappropriated, which can only find investment in Government securitiee. Console yesterday rose nearly one per cent., solely, in appearance, from the influence of this' feeling. The closing price was 714. The foreign end share markets experienced, as usual, the be- , wilt of II rise in Console, but the South American fends and tuieeing shares were further acted upon by the favourable intel ligence from that part of the world. Thu Gaceta de Colombia of the tt3tl►' of February, which is considered the organ of the GOveinmeet, has published a statement to prove that the estimate of the Minister 'of Finance of the expenditure of the Republic fur the year 1826, is taken far too high, on account of its having been calculated for a war establishment, which in the altered state of the Republie, is no longer rendered necessary. :The intelligence from Mexico was also encouraging as regards its financial administration. It is said that a remittance of nearly 300,000 dollars has been shipped on board the Pyramus, the irrivat of which may be expected in a few days, and is meant as a provision fur the dividend due in October next. ArrangeMents, .have been Made for shipping the . 'amount requisite for each divi 'deinl, four months before the period of its becoming due in Ergland.. , It is alto ascertained, that the expedition against Cuba, undertaken in conjunction by Mexico and Colombia, is; to be abandoned. A resolution iu favour of it had passed the Mexican Semite, but on its being sent to the, House, o f Representatives, the question was disposed of by,a vote that it. was inexpedient to come to any decision, until the. subject bad undergone deliberation at the Congress about to assemble at Panama. Deputies from Colombia bad ar rived at Mexico to concert the plan of combined operations against Cuba; but on account of the vote of the Lower Ilotse, their representations had received no attention. In this way an expedition, which was considered dangerous as well as expensive and ill-timed, is likely to he laid aside. The letters from the mining districts speak in more favonrable terms of those undertakings which English capital has originated there, and the great mine of Valenciana es said to have feeen eo far drained of its water, that the ore raised from it was sufficient to cover the expeeces THE POWERS OF TRANSLATION.- - A Welch curate, having preached several sermons which were considered myverior to his own powers Of composition, was asked by a friend inamigml? He replied, "Do you Nee, 1 have gut. a Nrulumwti sermtne by one Archbishop Tillotson, and a very good book it is ; so 1 translate one of the sermons into Welch, and then lenck again into English; after which, the tevil himself would not know it The following marriages took place within a few miles of Strabani;last week :—A'young man in the parish of Do nagheady ran oirWith a young woman, with the intention of get ting'marrieil The( brother of the young woman came shortly after, and took off th e s is ter . of the first ; the servant girl let out to pay a visit,' inet with, her sweetheart and they wire. 4di mar tied on the same day. SHIP NEWS. [FRO* LLOYDS.) DEAL, MAY 10.—Wind E. by N. Arrived the Brothers, from Lisbon ; and Eliza of Weymouth, from the westward.— Sailed the Medora, Clendon, for New. South Wales ; Abeona, Smith,' for Quebec ; Britannia, Tyrie, for Dantzic ; Wilhelmina, for Batavia. The Milo, from Boston, and the Posthu mous, sailed for the River this morning. His Majesty's ship Ra mifies, and two yachts, remain. POEI'OIOIIEII, MAY 10.—Wind W. to N.W.—No arrivals.— Sailed the Mercury, Warwick, for Amsterdam; Europa, Neulan, fOr Copenhagen ; Economy, Fleming, for Newcastle ; and the Cambrian, Mahoney, for London. . _ • FALMOUTH, MAY 9.—Variable, light winds.--Sailed the John, Print; for London. Livritroot, MAY 9.—Wind N.—Arrived the Flora, Sharp, from Sierra Leone.—Off the port, the Alfred, Lamb, from Bom bay ; and. the Norool, —, from Nassau, N.P. Hutt, May 9.—Wind S.E.—Sailed the War-Office packet Lightning, and the Heroine transport, belonging to the Duke of Devonshire's embassy, for Petersburgb. MAt.A.o.s, Arm 22.—A man has arrived here who states that be belonged to the schooner Shamrock, M•Garth, from Li verpool to Malta, and that, on the 12th inst., about two miles from Ceuta, she sprung a leak, and, one of her planks having started, went down head foremost ; the Captain, mate, and a boy, were drowned; and Thomas Laney, the man who gives this intel ligence, was picked up by a Spanish fishing boat. PARIS, MAY .7.—The Gesina Gerdina, Rodfona, from Man dapt to Rouen, was driven on shore near Dunkirk, on the 28th ult. but expected to be got off. The Hon. Company's ship Vansittart, has arrived off the Start, from China. The Genoa, Prout, from London, has arrived at Trieste. The Lord Exmouth, from London and Genoa, and the Jane, Lawson, from. Liverpool and. Genoa,' have arrived at Leghorn. The AtlaS, 'Watson, from GuYatjuil, has arrived at Gibraltar. The Chariot, Pratt, from Liverpool, has arrived at Savanna. The Maria, Jainba, from Curacoa, has arrived off Plymouth. The Canada, froM Liverpool for New York, was off Cork on the 4th inst. with a fair wind. WESTMORLAND ELECTION. Enrron—A requisition, 'signed by -certain freeholder, of the county of Westmorland, addressed to Mr. Brougham, requesting him to offer hiinself again as a candidate for the county at the approaching dissolution, to which is• subjoined that Gentleman s reply, has appeared in some of the Public Journals. In both the requisition and the answer there are observations which are inconsistent with truth and fair dealing ; and I crave to be permitted, in a corner of the Sun, which is a paper much read, as it deserves to be, in the county, to contradict or explain them as they merit. lam a freeholder of the county, but no par tizan ; I have alWays taken warm interest in the con duct of the two. parties, who are now, for the third time, going to contest the county ;. but never so much as to have suffered myself to be drawn from my obscurity to give ; , a vote to either . party, though the misrepresentation of the requisitionists, and the disingenuousness of their idol, will induce me to exercise my privilege at the approaching election. The Requisitionists state,. that they are firmly re solved to resist the " nomination of .both Members "by the Earl of Lonsdale." Now, without wasting a word on the impossibility of one nian or one party, or any number of men or, parties, who. could be brought to unite for such a purpose, nominating two Mem bers for the County of Westmorland, every gen tleman who maintains an occasional intercourse with the county, which is not the case with every requisitionist, knows that the Earl. of Lonsdale is sip ' gularly,and wholly ` guiltless of such a Charge. Those who, know that Nobleman, either as a public cha racter, or by social intercourse, or as a landlord, know that believer uses the influence derived from any of , their ,Characters for 'the purpose of pro pagating political doctrines, or advancing the electioneering interests ,of the party of which he is considered the head. If there is a restrictive feature in: hiff'character, as it is shewn in the county, it is One" marked by the' urbanity and courtesy of a gentleman towards individuals of both parties, and by a perfect absence'of allusion to any topic which can offend individuals, 'or even spew that he has a feeling on the subject of the questions that • now divide aritl hatass the county. I know that the princely fortuneiwhich the Earl of Lonsdale possesses in the county,. gives' a consequence to what may be thought to be his wishes in any question which would make that question triumphant in the county ; and I maintain, that property has its influence in every 'county, and has a right, as well as individuals,, to be virtually , represented and protected it]: the Senate. I know also that property, and the influence arising from it,' without the interference or even wishes of the owner, will attract partizans, whose zeal may be excessive in degree, though honest in principle ;. and that men are often influenced, not. to say bribed, by their own expectations to say and dO that 'for the pOisesSor of such a fortune as that of the Muse of. Lowther, which, to an indifferent observer, would. appear indiscreet and absurd. But these ad- Missions authorize no man, particularly in a document prepared for general circulation, to attempt to fix upon a lsi,obleman of singularly mild and conciliatory car riage, the 'offensive and unconstitutional charge of personally dictating to a county 'in the nomination of its representatives. 'ln the, few lines in which Mr. Brougham expr6sei 4 his readiness to ‘i obey the summons to conic:forward: at the approaching election," he disingenuously says, that at the "last contest, his adversaries polled: out the ik,iiiverfially known that hiS.adver-. caries did not poll out the county, but that, When' the advantages which he had, in having the, returning, officer his partizan, failed to keep him above his rival on the poll, the election Was closed. As he re tired discomfited, I presume his strength: Was ex hausted ; but I deny what'he wishes to insinuate that the Lovvthers had 'polled all their supporters, and he, knows that they were &tied an opportunity of doing so as soon as his own success became hopeless. • ,•• It may be thought that Mr. Brougham's assertion hardly deserves this public notice ; but, as it is meant to deceive, and animate his friends to fresh exertions, I. scruple not to give it this public contradiction. I readily subscribe to any fair claim that can be made in favour of Mr. Brougham. I acknowledge that his talents are transcendent, and his industry mar vellous ; but I deny that he has made a judicious use of those qualities in his public career. I tremble when think of the extent to which he is endeavouring to carry his innovating ideas on questions of the most' vital importance to the tranquillity and prosperity of the country. A WESTMORLAND FREHOLDEER. The sale.of'straw plat, which is the chief depenil ence of the gr ea t er part o f th e poor of Bedfordshire, is sadly on the decline. In • the market at Shefford, some plot of inferior quality ,old f or l ose t h an lid • the score yards, which formerly would sell for 641. The consequence is , hundreds of fainilie 4 are suffering, a n d are lik e l y to auNer longer, as there is no prospect Of its being dearer at present/ IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, IlrzwritsDar, MAT lb. CORN.. Lrytor, from. the- Superintendent of Corn's Office, prea rented an account of the average prices of Corn for the last two months.—Laid on the table. PETITIONS. The Bishop of FERNS presented a Petition from the town and ♦icinity or Enniscorthy, against the continuation of Negro Sia very.—Laid on the table. Lord CALTITORYE presented a similar Petition from Dover.— Laid on the table. The Earl of LAUDICIIDALIC presented a Petition from the town of Hadleigh, praying that a grant of public money might be made to the distressed manufacturers, instead of any interference with the Corn Laws.—L►id on the tahle.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SNICAKER _proceeded at the usual hour to count the Mem bers, when the requisite number not appearing, an adjournment necessarily took place. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) NOTICES OF NOTIONS.. 1. Mr. Brougham—Motion for bettering the condition of Slaves. 2. Mr. Martin, (of Galway)—That a Select Committee he ap pointed. to inquire how far it may be practicable to afford to the brute creation the protection of Law, without divesting man of that controul ever, and disposal of creatures, which a wise Providence entruste d to him for Lis use and benefit ; 'but which trust, it must be inferred, in reference to the Di vine Creator of all things, was to be exercised with a due regard to reason, justice, and conscience. 3, Mr. Hume—Bill to render lawful the export of Machinery. ORDERS OF TILE DAY: Aber-Dulais, &c. Railway Bill—Further consideration of Iteport. 2. Importation of. Corn Bill—Second reading. DROPPED. NOTICES OF MOTION'S OF YESTERDAY. I. Lord John ussell'—ilesolutions relating to Bribery and Cor ruption at Elections. • • • 2. Mr. Peter Moore—To move a Grant of Public Money for the relief of local distress. DROPPED ORDERS OF TUE DAY OF YESTERDAY. , 1. Lord Listnore's Divorce Hal—Committee, Counset an] Witnesses. 2. Johnston's Divorce Bill—Committee, Counsel , and Wit. nesses. 3. 'Thames Watermen Regulation Bill—Second reading. .1. Bankeri (Scotland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. 5. Warehoused Corn Bill,—Committee. Benefices (Ireland) Bill—Third. reading. 7. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Report. O. Debtor and Creditor Arrangement Bill—Report.. PRICES OE STOCKS Till Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. lied. 7B 171 3 ter Cent. Cons. 31 per Cent. Ditto Red. Siff 4 per Cent. New i/5 4f 5 Ditto Scrip ti Iml Bank Long Ann. India Stock — Ditto Bonds 8 9 pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN P Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent 85 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilton Bonds, 0 per cent. Colombian Bonds 4O Ditto, 1824 43% )4 14 2M Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1820........„...f 15 1 -4% Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 03 1 ,4 2% 3 2 PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mexican Mining Company .£5O SO lioldnos Mining Company 100 35 Hondurad Company 5 1%34 MAILS. Arrived Due. Arrived. Due. 1 . Dublin 1 , Waterford 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Guernsey 8.7 Jersey. 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon 1 0 Melt. 0 O <lottenburgli 1 0 America 1 O litunburgh 0 0 Brazil O Holland.... 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 France HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO:MORRO*. Morning • 11 minutes after 5. I Evening ....... 3A u*lnutca after 3. , (LII) It • DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ............ Old Annuities New Ditto 7B/ . F.x. Bills, Xl,OOO 20. 9 10 pin. I)itto 5 OO 2d. 0 10 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Advertised Dank for Account 202 India for Account 230 Cons. for Aeconnt 79 Sill' 'I4DS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 .. .......... ...... Peruvian Sands 31% 2 Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 5 per cent. Spanish, 1821, 5 per cent. ... 7% 8 1823 • bU French Rentes, 5 p. c. --e --e Exchange —1 —c. —3 per cent. Exchange 25f. Cik. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY' 11, 1826. i , There arc few occasions on which both Houses of Parliament are occupied on the same day, with a pleStiOP SQ iMportant, in its immediate and future consequences,tnd on which the feelings of different classes of the community are so much divided, as that to which their attention is to be devoted this evening. In the House of Peers the Earl of MALMESBURY 13 to propose the Resolution of which he has given notice, viz : " That though it might be necessary to admit " Foreign Corn in Bond at a duty to be afterwards " determined upon by the House, it could not pro " coed to the consideration of any farther alteration or " suspension of the Corn Laws, without an Inquiry " into the necessity of such an alteration or suspen sion, and a due investigation of the 'effects which " they might have on the Landed. Interest and the Consumers:" And in the House of Commons, the Second Read ing of the empower His MAJESTY to admit a 11111ite,cillcuitity of,Fpreign Wheat or Flour, for Home (I( instimption, if necessary, during the Recess, is to be inory4jiy Mr. CANNING., i.e question, therefore, in ixith Houses is essentially the • same, and • the fate of the,second measure, proposed by the Government, naroely, the discretionary power of admitting 500,000 plotters, in addition to the quantity now to be taken out of bond, dePends, in point of fact, upOn the vote which either House may come to thiS evening. That this question is of the most vital importance cannot be denied. On it, in our opinion, not only rest the in terests of the Agriculturists and Manufacturers, die tin.ctly considered, but the general interests of the corn mu ility at 'large—the tranquillity of 'the country, and the .continuance in power of his MAJESTY'S *sent Ministers. As the general question of the Corn Laws is not intendarto be affected in any degree by the Bill, we • rre t t d h h , an ere a — n m d w a h y er b e e aa shall confine our observations simply to its real object. t This is nothing mor b e i4e t v m e r e do l c e tc s iui s a Pc c i i °rcs i el i ss . et o d : :ei c ets o i rn wahl ii ic : lrle t i he ru ' i country before the harvest informationf r (I e on or that, from this cause, or the occurrence of a bad harvest seasoni corn may rise to a famine price, or to a price which, from the altered value of the currency, might be productive of consequences as serious, the Government should be in possession of authority from Parliament, to admit a limited quant4Tof Foreign Corn, to meet the exigency which might arise, and which mea sure they must, on such an exigency; resort to on their own authority. That no unreasonable power is here demanded is evident. On the contrary, the' Government' propose to Parliament to enact 'a specified' limitation to the quantity which under any circumstances shall be ad mitted, thereby rendering it impossible without the • further sanction of die: Legislature, to admit a greater quantity, which, With such Act were to 'be passed, the Government, in the responsibility which it must in case of exigency exercise, might, omits own discretion, have . considerably exceeded. The measure, there fore, on thisground, is `unobjectionable ; can it be said to be- inexpedient or unreasonable ? Is it inexpedient or unreasonable that the Government should be authorized by Parliament to adopt a proceeding which may be necessary to protect the whole population of a coun try from a calamity which might otherwise befall it ? The . arguments appear to us irresistible in fa void of the measure ; and what can be urged against it ? That, if in' exigency should arise to render neces sary the' exercise, of the power, to be vested in. the Government, the price of home grown Corn would be reduced, and injury thereby done to the Agri • culturLts,, Now, the quantity to which the importa tion is to be-restricted,- precludes the apprehension er any such serious consequences. If prices should rise to such ajleight•,• as to induce the Govern ment,. to exert the power, it is not the introduction of 500,000 quarters whiCh Would occasion any tre mendous convulsion in the Coin Market —hut es. the knowledge —that such authority exists , will r e o n t c e , x unless exist sto have a general tendency to keep the markets do wn, and wtnill r oi prevente anyextraordinaryan s ti e b n s o ol u u s t e e xten scarcity Butcboer the snhdoEuathlrde bpese fu l of MALMESBURY says, appoint a Committee to in quire into the necessity of this measure. To this we answer, that in the present agitated state of public feeling, and the distress of the manufacturing districts, the discussion of this question, which must lead to the investigation of the whole principles of the Corn Laws (in which no permanent alteration could be at tempted by this Parliament in its last stage), would throw the whole country into a state of convulsion. The feeling, too, which it would excite in the lower orders, that the higher. - orders were disinclined to iiir" ,4 relief to their present distresses, or guard them again't possible greater eilamities, would be attended with consequences most Alarming to the whol© fabric of society in this country. The interests, therefore, of -high and low, agriculturist and manufacturer ~ . appear to us to require the adoption of the meas ures Proposed by hi s M a je s tys Ministers. If they misuse this • poaer, they will be. held new Parliament, one of the first measures of which must be the' general consideration of the Corn Laws. The Rejection of a Bill so important, cannot b • contemplated without fearful apprehensions for the n pro - tranquillity of the Country, and the effect it wimay, • duce against Landed Proprietors. Conseq uences u kt be. • ensue which must be dreaded, but which it Wo ; wrong to state. We, therefore, urge -the ivhers ° I both Houses to weigh thoroughly the effec ts of all opposition to this Bill before they proceed further ; and satisfy themselves Whether' it will not be wise r to pass a Bill which will allay public feeling, and to 3 certain extent relieve present and future distress, than to risk the consequences of its rejection. His Majesty's Goverment, arc so complete l Y pledged to carry this Bill, thut we apprehend the 100 of a measure considered by, them of such essential importance, must necessarily be followed by a elnu l g e of Ministry, an event which could not be content plated without additional apprehension and alarm. The proceedings in the House, of Peers, Ye ster# day, were without public interest ; and there not be• ing forty Members present in the House of Common s ' at four o'clock, an adjoununent tool( place till urtlsl* In another column will be found an intereP - r" ~-,,„1 / li, trial between the executors of the Jate Mr. nib ,- • t ~. of I - lighlniry;antl' th 6 Rock 2tssurance Compani, I ° ` • ' ~ ' Aw ' b 80001. the•amount of a Life Insurance eftecte' t . .;. , , t fr o hat f om th C c e ir om e s u U: s m -an ta y i . n i ‘ l s ee4, ui r r f ;l lP :w g as ,r 7d ll :s i p ' t Q ued, the all iPnafeYren7ced u , which comm itte suicide. We- at6..tirtiiill.tifillety4.l,trfapeased ..had 1( it edessarY that ..:.:, )tit mg n an Insurance . Company :.-aliMil& not resist 11.01, fit'' but we much' que.,tion the, r prppriety of thus o ing the survivors of an-`unfortunate insurer i"t Court to establish a claim, more especially.whent as ill : the present instance, 1,5951. had been . ceased, to say nothing of fifteen years' accumulate . .. . interest; not that this alters the, justice of the que ti° ,: . but in all doubtful' cases the actual less.to a 01 ' 4 . -opt* paid by the de t i : ought to operate. muCh_more than-the mire„thsapy ea ment of the principal sum; We believe that Ju ll 0 are apt to lean to the: individtvd- in ,preference w i ' company, but in this case, front nil that haa 'aPP.ear. there seems but little to J ustifythe Directors in 'L o puting the claim, and certainly nothing to impug n conclusion of the Jury: ',./ ' ; - ''' ' - ' . The Duke of DEVONSIIIRE reached his Majes) e ship. 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